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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I feel like injuries are playing too significant a role in these evaluations. Jeff Carter missed a huge portion of the season but still had solid 22 points in 27 games... falls to a 69 overall from 76.
Kesler had a much less respectable 14 points in 44 games, and missed 38 games to injury. Falls to 67 from 77.
The names of players rated above them are bewildering. It's not like these guys are defensive liabilities either.
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Injuries have always played a factor and one of the reasons players go down. Makes GMs have to make some choices about whether to hang on to a player in hopes they rebound, or move on.
But again, don't look at how much they fell. Look at relative positioning. In that sense he's basically in the top end of third liners - so below what he likely is - but again - an injury filled season will cause that.